Anon Brúðv 5VII
Valgerður Erna Þorvaldsdóttir (ed.) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Brúðkaupsvísur 5’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 532-3.
Prima ‘’
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prima (noun ?)
Bríma ‘of the fire’
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brími (noun m.): fire
[1] Bríma: so 2166ˣ, Prima 721, 1032ˣ, 399a‑bˣ
kennings
Æsir bríma brauta ögurs‘The flinger of the fire of the roads of the redfish ’
= GENEROUS MAN
the roads of the redfish → SEA
the fire of the SEA → GOLD
The flinger of the GOLD → GENEROUS MAN
Bríma ‘of the fire’
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brími (noun m.): fire
[1] Bríma: so 2166ˣ, Prima 721, 1032ˣ, 399a‑bˣ
kennings
Æsir bríma brauta ögurs‘The flinger of the fire of the roads of the redfish ’
= GENEROUS MAN
the roads of the redfish → SEA
the fire of the SEA → GOLD
The flinger of the GOLD → GENEROUS MAN
þýðiz ‘embraces’
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2. þýða (verb): interpret
brauta ‘of the roads’
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1. braut (noun f.; °dat. -/-u; -ir): path, way; away
kennings
Æsir bríma brauta ögurs‘The flinger of the fire of the roads of the redfish ’
= GENEROUS MAN
the roads of the redfish → SEA
the fire of the SEA → GOLD
The flinger of the GOLD → GENEROUS MAN
brauta ‘of the roads’
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1. braut (noun f.; °dat. -/-u; -ir): path, way; away
kennings
Æsir bríma brauta ögurs‘The flinger of the fire of the roads of the redfish ’
= GENEROUS MAN
the roads of the redfish → SEA
the fire of the SEA → GOLD
The flinger of the GOLD → GENEROUS MAN
brauta ‘of the roads’
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1. braut (noun f.; °dat. -/-u; -ir): path, way; away
kennings
Æsir bríma brauta ögurs‘The flinger of the fire of the roads of the redfish ’
= GENEROUS MAN
the roads of the redfish → SEA
the fire of the SEA → GOLD
The flinger of the GOLD → GENEROUS MAN
með ‘with’
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með (prep.): with
notes
[2] með skraut siða ‘with the ornament of good conduct’: The import of this phrase is not entirely clear. It has been taken here to mean that the young man’s studiousness was further enhanced by his moral virtues (cf. st. 6/2, 4 siðknár álmr bóka ‘the well-behaved elm tree of books’ and 8/5-8).
siða ‘of good conduct’
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siðr (noun m.; °-ar, dat. -/-i; -ir, acc. -u): faith, morals
notes
[2] með skraut siða ‘with the ornament of good conduct’: The import of this phrase is not entirely clear. It has been taken here to mean that the young man’s studiousness was further enhanced by his moral virtues (cf. st. 6/2, 4 siðknár álmr bóka ‘the well-behaved elm tree of books’ and 8/5-8).
skraut ‘the ornament’
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skraut (noun n.; °-s; dat. -um): finery
notes
[2] með skraut siða ‘with the ornament of good conduct’: The import of this phrase is not entirely clear. It has been taken here to mean that the young man’s studiousness was further enhanced by his moral virtues (cf. st. 6/2, 4 siðknár álmr bóka ‘the well-behaved elm tree of books’ and 8/5-8).
æsir ‘The flinger’
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œsir (noun m.): flinger, impeller, inciter
kennings
Æsir bríma brauta ögurs‘The flinger of the fire of the roads of the redfish ’
= GENEROUS MAN
the roads of the redfish → SEA
the fire of the SEA → GOLD
The flinger of the GOLD → GENEROUS MAN
þá ‘’
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2. þá (adv.): then
er ‘when’
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2. er (conj.): who, which, when
ungr ‘young’
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ungr (adj.): young
var ‘he was’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
jöfur ‘’
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jǫfurr (noun m.): ruler, prince
kennings
Æsir bríma brauta ögurs‘The flinger of the fire of the roads of the redfish ’
= GENEROUS MAN
the roads of the redfish → SEA
the fire of the SEA → GOLD
The flinger of the GOLD → GENEROUS MAN
notes
[4] ögurs ‘of the redfish’: 721 and all transcripts read jöfur which does not make sense in this context. The word ögur was suggested by Jón Helgason, since the rhyme requires a word with ‘ög-’. A word meaning ‘fish’ is a typical determinant of a sea-kenning, which here forms the determinant of a gold-kenning. Finnur Jónsson thought that augurr was the correct form of ǫggr, en slags fisk ‘a kind of a fish’ (LP: ǫggr), but Jón Helgason and Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon disagreed and thought that ǫgr was the correct form (ÍM II, 130 n.; ÍO, 1220). The fish is identified as the redfish or red sea perch (Lat. perca marina) by Fritzner: ögr.
kennings
Æsir bríma brauta ögurs‘The flinger of the fire of the roads of the redfish ’
= GENEROUS MAN
the roads of the redfish → SEA
the fire of the SEA → GOLD
The flinger of the GOLD → GENEROUS MAN
notes
[4] ögurs ‘of the redfish’: 721 and all transcripts read jöfur which does not make sense in this context. The word ögur was suggested by Jón Helgason, since the rhyme requires a word with ‘ög-’. A word meaning ‘fish’ is a typical determinant of a sea-kenning, which here forms the determinant of a gold-kenning. Finnur Jónsson thought that augurr was the correct form of ǫggr, en slags fisk ‘a kind of a fish’ (LP: ǫggr), but Jón Helgason and Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon disagreed and thought that ǫgr was the correct form (ÍM II, 130 n.; ÍO, 1220). The fish is identified as the redfish or red sea perch (Lat. perca marina) by Fritzner: ögr.
kennings
Æsir bríma brauta ögurs‘The flinger of the fire of the roads of the redfish ’
= GENEROUS MAN
the roads of the redfish → SEA
the fire of the SEA → GOLD
The flinger of the GOLD → GENEROUS MAN
notes
[4] ögurs ‘of the redfish’: 721 and all transcripts read jöfur which does not make sense in this context. The word ögur was suggested by Jón Helgason, since the rhyme requires a word with ‘ög-’. A word meaning ‘fish’ is a typical determinant of a sea-kenning, which here forms the determinant of a gold-kenning. Finnur Jónsson thought that augurr was the correct form of ǫggr, en slags fisk ‘a kind of a fish’ (LP: ǫggr), but Jón Helgason and Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon disagreed and thought that ǫgr was the correct form (ÍM II, 130 n.; ÍO, 1220). The fish is identified as the redfish or red sea perch (Lat. perca marina) by Fritzner: ögr.
og ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
guðs ‘God’s’
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1. guð (noun m.; °***guðrs, guðis, gus): (Christian) God
lög ‘laws’
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lag (noun n.; °-s; *-): layer; (pl.) law
Bæði ‘both’
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báðir (pron.; °gen. beggja (báðra), nom./acc. n. bǽði): both
gjörðiz ‘became’
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1. gera (verb): do, make
bók ‘book’
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1. bók (noun f.; °bǿkr/bókar; bǿkr): book < bókfróðr (adj.): °learned
fróðr ‘wise’
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fróðr (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): wise < bókfróðr (adj.): °learned
beiðir ‘The demander’
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beiðir (noun m.): demander
kennings
Beiðir röðuls rastar‘The demander of the sun of the current ’
= MAN
the sun of the current → GOLD
The demander of the GOLD → MAN
er ‘after’
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2. er (conj.): who, which, when
skamt ‘a short’
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skammr (adj.): short
leið ‘while’
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leið (noun f.; °-ar, dat. -u/-; -ir/-ar): path, way
röðuls ‘of the sun’
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rǫðull (noun m.; °dat. rǫðli): heavenly body
kennings
Beiðir röðuls rastar‘The demander of the sun of the current ’
= MAN
the sun of the current → GOLD
The demander of the GOLD → MAN
röðuls ‘of the sun’
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rǫðull (noun m.; °dat. rǫðli): heavenly body
kennings
Beiðir röðuls rastar‘The demander of the sun of the current ’
= MAN
the sun of the current → GOLD
The demander of the GOLD → MAN
var ‘was’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
hann ‘he’
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hann (pron.; °gen. hans, dat. honum; f. hon, gen. hennar, acc. hana): he, she, it, they, them...
raun ‘truly’
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raun (noun f.; °-ar; -ir): ordeal, proof, experience < 2. raunsviðr (adj.)
sviðr ‘wise’
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2. svinnr (adj.): wise < 2. raunsviðr (adj.)
notes
[7] -sviðr ‘wise’: Older form of the adj. svinnr. This is one of the examples Jón Helgason gives to support his theory that the poem is older than previously thought (ÍM II, 128).
rastar ‘of the current’
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2. rǫst (noun f.; °; gen. rasta): current
kennings
Beiðir röðuls rastar‘The demander of the sun of the current ’
= MAN
the sun of the current → GOLD
The demander of the GOLD → MAN
rastar ‘of the current’
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2. rǫst (noun f.; °; gen. rasta): current
kennings
Beiðir röðuls rastar‘The demander of the sun of the current ’
= MAN
the sun of the current → GOLD
The demander of the GOLD → MAN
og ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
trú ‘of faith’
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trú (noun f.; °-ar): faith, belief < trúfastr (adj.)
fastr ‘firm’
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fastr (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): firm, fast < trúfastr (adj.)
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Bríma þýðiz bóknám |
The flinger of the fire of the roads of the redfish [SEA > GOLD > GENEROUS MAN] embraces book-learning and God’s laws with the ornament of good conduct when he was young. The demander of the sun of the current [GOLD > MAN] became both book-wise and firm of faith after a short while; he was trulywise.
In the D-version of Mar, the young klerkr is said to have been sent to school (Mar 1871, 118: ok er hann óx upp var hann í skóla settr ‘and when he grew up he was put to school’).
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